This is how the final Championship table would have looked if ONLY English goals had been counted
By Richie Boon
Published 28th Feb 2019, 14:03 GMT
Updated 18th Jun 2019, 12:45 GMT
English football has benefited massively from the influence of foreign football over the past thirty years or so, with expert tacticians, dazzling goalscorers and powerhouse defenders from Europe and beyond enriching the beautiful game on our shores.
Well, imagine for one moment that, in a twist like something out of 'Avengers: Infinity War', non-English goals just disappeared. Here's how the Championship would have ended up, ranked from bottom to top...
Championship
What a shocker to open with! Yes, fabulous Fin Teemu Pukki's 28 goals were crucial for Norwich last season, and with only English goals counting, they'd have won just three games
No change here for Bolton, who just couldn't seem to score goals last season.
No Neal Maupay, no party, it seems! Take the Frenchman's 22 goals away and they'd be relegated.
The Owls hang on by the skin of their teeth here, who relied heavily on Scotsman Steven Fletcher and Portguese ace Joao.
Bereft of Alan Browne et al's goals, Preston would won just nine matches as oppose to the 16 victories they actually achieved.
Well now, it looks like Rotherham would have actually been better off in this scenario. All of the club's top three league goalscorers were English.
Yakou Meite and Jon Bodvarsson were the main men for the Royals, netting 19 league goals between: vital to their survival!
An underwhelming season for the Potters would have been even worse without foreign goals. Benik Afobe and Joe Allan were their top scorers.
The Whites would have gone from a play-off spot to mid-table mediocrity if only English goals counted. Pablo Hernandez and Mateusz Klich's goals were simply crucial.
An improvement for the Hoops here, who relied heavily on Englishman Luke Freeman's goals.
Bereft of Scotsman Oli Mcburnie's mighty haul of goals, the Welsh side would have swan dived down the table.
